PSP Review: NBA Live 07 - Page 2

Depending on the player and their roles, these moves can be offensive or defensive. They're generally automatic, leading to turnovers, flashy passes, or brutal dunks. While helpful, playing through an entire season and not using either the Superstar moves or X-Factor is entirely possible.

The season routine is spectacular on the PSP. The franchise mode showcases incredible depth, easily the best of all EA Sports products on the console. Player morale, team chemistry, scouts, coaches, and more need to carefully managed to ensure your team is prepared for the next game.

Keeping an entire roster happy can be difficult, as NBA Live 07 hits one inexcusable oversight. There is no fatigue programmed in. Substitutions are meaningless aside from keeping high rated players on the floor. When bench players become unhappy with their floor time, the entire team can suffer a morale dip.

Aside from that baffling omission, this is a complete package. All-Star Weekend mini-games are present and accounted for. Online play runs flawlessly and commentary from Marv Albert and Steve Kerr only runs dry through extended sessions.

A basketball fans is left with two options this year for their NBA fix. Any port of 2K Sports NBA franchise is the first, and the second ends up at this under valued PSP effort from EA Sports.

This is a fun, well designed, only slightly flawed rendition of the sport, and comes highly recommended if you're looking for a break from the general awfulness of other NBA Live products.

NBA Live 07 is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB. This game can also be found on: PC, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone.

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    May 19, 2007 at 6:47 am

    sup dis game is sick la lakers rule do see ya

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